When to Use Simple vs. Exponential Moving Averages?

[@SnoopFroggNFT]

Thanks for making this video. I know that it takes a lot of time to do these!

[@DKellerCMT]

Appreciate that and glad you enjoyed! D

[@biblicallanguagesliteratur5079]

Nicely done! I appreciate it.

[@DKellerCMT]

Thanks so much for watching! D

[@MidChild]

Thank you for the info! Just about to start trading so I’m glad to have found a person who is able to elaborate as you do 👍🏽

[@DKellerCMT]

So glad you found this! D

[@0100-l3h]

Great job Dave.

[@DKellerCMT]

Cheers and thanks as always for watching! D

[@mimbaxter]

Thanks Dave, that was another useful set of lessons. I will need to digest the cultural importance of the 50 and 200 sma. I get it, but it reminds me of the comment about company culture, that it is like gravity, you are not aware of it until you jump. On the ema/ sma, I just went 'that cross is a signal'.

[@DKellerCMT]

There are good reasons to use the indicators everyone else does... also good reasons not to! :) D

[@naveedanwer8262]

thanks DAVE , much appreciate it

[@DKellerCMT]

Cheers and thanks for watching Naveed! D

[@jeromecelebre]

Thanks for the explanation.

[@DKellerCMT]

Glad you enjoyed this one! D

[@billarndt6574]

Excellent presentation

[@DKellerCMT]

Cheers Bill and thanks as always for watching! D

[@oespelho2281]

Watching from Brazil. Thanks for sharing.

[@DKellerCMT]

Muito obrigado por assistir! D

[@oespelho2281]

@@DKellerCMT lol hehehe You answered in Portuguese, that is amazing hehehe. De nada 😁

[@Moeruuuu]

Thanks!

[@DKellerCMT]

Thanks so much for watching! D

[@seandeburca5818]

Exponential moving average appears to make the most use case sense, thank you for the continuing education Dave. Malcom Gladwell's 'Outliers' suggests I have only 9,900 more hours required to achieve mastery of my charts...onwards we go!

[@DKellerCMT]

Big Malcom Gladwell fan. Keep at it! :) D

[@skeelo221]

Thanks! For your last chart, what kind of timeframe do you mean by "ST / MT / LT"??

[@DKellerCMT]

ST = a couple days to a couple weeks MT = a couple months LT = over a year Dave

[@Aleamanic]

I like this format better, Dave, compared to your StockCharts persona. Similar interesting content, but personally prefer the more no-nonsense, less overproduced content. 👍

[@DKellerCMT]

Love having this outlet for exactly the reasons you pointed out. Thanks for watching and for the comments! D

[@CC-yq5bw]

My issue with EMA's is they tend to just trace price action. The lower you go the more noticeable it becomes and as this occurs you literally lose sight of the actual trend which defeats the entire purpose of using a moving average.

[@DKellerCMT]

Short-term EMAs, would 100% agree. D

[@fonty8834]

thanks for the video, super helpful!!

[@DKellerCMT]

So glad you enjoyed this one! D

[@amarahs3376]

Great explanation ! thanks :)

[@DKellerCMT]

Glad you enjoyed this one! Fun conversation D

[@garygable4170]

Thanks for great info.

[@DKellerCMT]

Glad you enjoyed this one! D

[@FuturesBrizio]

I use a 50 smooth. I think ema and sma are to sensitive. The smooth can give delayed trend change signals but it often holds the trend better in chart and is better for seeing end of corrections . Though I think a 200 sma might be worthwhile on a higher time frame.

[@DKellerCMT]

I think you're referring to what's often called a weighted moving average, and I appreciate the fact that they are geared more to recent price action, similar to EMAs! D

[@DiogoFilipeR]

What if you place two simple moving averages, one 50 and a 20 or 10 to give you the closer days feel, wouldn't this be comparable to a exponential one but with more information?

[@DKellerCMT]

Very interesting question my friend. Added to the mailbag! D

[@miked6097]

What about WMA…? Weighted moving averages…? You think that is better for day trading than EMA..? I use SMA for longer term looks and WMA for intraday…?

[@DKellerCMT]

Not a big user of weighted MA, but I would like them for a similar reason I like exponential MA- more sensitive to more recent price action! D

[@mike-yp1uk]

I like talks around technical chart work

[@DKellerCMT]

Me too! Glad you enjoyed this D

[@AndersonChao-vs3zf]

I saw many people using ema for short term day trade

[@DKellerCMT]

If I was day trading (I don't!) I'd use short-term EMAs as part of my toolkit! D

[@AndersonChao-vs3zf]

I'm about 3 years of experience maybe little new so my understood is sma little slower speed than ema might be good for long term but if you're day trader or short term then i think ema should be make more sense i might be wrong

[@DKellerCMT]

Exponential MAs are way more sensitive to movements, so great for identifying price swings. D

[@AndersonChao-vs3zf]

@@DKellerCMT Yes, I saw many people using SMA for swing

[@cfyau2008]

Simple or exponential moving average has just a very subtle difference and doesn’t worth any research! If you want to know when a price is to change from uptrend to downtrend then use any moving average based on high price and the parameter is just 2 ie ma 2 calculated and based on high price, not on close price. You can use ma 2.3.4.5 to form a band just to make your eyes see more with significance!

[@DKellerCMT]

Would not 100% agree with your take here, but I appreciate you watching and sharing your thoughts! D